[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 17 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Page 672]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on House of Representatives Action on the ``Unborn Victims of 
Violence Act''

April 26, 2001

    America's children represent our greatest hope for the future. I 
commend the House for its bipartisan passing of the ``Unborn Victims of 
Violence Act,'' which will make it a separate felony to harm an unborn 
child in the course of committing any one of 68 Federal offenses. This 
legislation affirms our commitment to a culture of life, which welcomes 
and protects children.